Another day, another market rout in Europe

2016's markets bloodbath continued on Thursday, after China
devalued the yuan overnight, sending stocks and commodities
tumbling, and triggering of the Chinese market's
"circuit breaker" for the second time in just four days of
trading.

The UK's blue-chip FTSE100 index ended the day down by 2.04%,
having recovered a little from the market open this morning, when
it dropped by almost 3%. The index is still below the magical
6,000 mark however, ending Thursday at 5,949 points. Here's what
that looked like:

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Of the biggest fallers on the day, most were mining companies,
with Anglo American propping up the index. Shares in the company
ended the day down almost 10%, after metal prices
slumped across the board. Antofagasta and BHP Billiton also
witnessed heavy losses.

Only two of Britain's top stocks ended the day in the positive —
gold miner Randgold which is taking advantage of the market
flight to gold, and retailer, Next.

All the majorbourses ended the day in the red,
with the DAX 30 in Germany having another awful day. Here's a
snapshot of what happened across the rest of Europe on Thursday.
Prices are accurate as of 4:30 p.m. GMT (11:30 a.m. ET):

Germany's DAX 30 — down 2.23%

France's CAC 40 — down 1.66%

Italy's FTSE MIB — down 1.08%

Spain's IBEX 35 — down 1.54%

Euro Stoxx 50 — down 1.66%

Equities across the Atlantic aren't performing much better
either, and all of the USA's biggest indexes are down by more
than 0.9% today.